Audio Error: Specified cast is not valid

No, Windows Media Player works fine. It only happens in Media Center. I'm
using Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 service pack 2 (that's
what it says in System Properties but I think the upgrade CD actually said
version 2005) and Windows Media Player 10. It's worked fine for over a year
now and then just started giving me this error.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> do you get the same error with Windows Media Player?
>
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:21:00 -0700, Chris
> wrote:
>
> >Hi I'm unable to listen to music in media center. Whenever I select My Music
> >from the start page it gives me an error saying specified cast is not valid.
> >Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? Any help would be
> >appreciated.
> >Thanks
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>
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what happens when you do a system restore to a point before the
error started? do things work again? if yes, some update or newly
installed program is the culprit.

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:55:01 -0700, Chris
wrote:

>No, Windows Media Player works fine. It only happens in Media Center. I'm
>using Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 service pack 2 (that's
>what it says in System Properties but I think the upgrade CD actually said
>version 2005) and Windows Media Player 10. It's worked fine for over a year
>now and then just started giving me this error.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> do you get the same error with Windows Media Player?
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:21:00 -0700, Chris
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi I'm unable to listen to music in media center. Whenever I select My Music
>> >from the start page it gives me an error saying specified cast is not valid.
>> >Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? Any help would be
>> >appreciated.
>> >Thanks
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
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Barb Bowman
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Well I recently downloaded a WMP update so I first tried uninstalling that
without any success. So then I tried the system restore like you said and
after doing several restores going back as far as a month it still wasn't
working. The problem with system restores is that I haven't used the My Music
in Media Center in a while so I don't know for sure when it stopped working
or how far back I would need to go. The only major change I've made to my
system lately is when I upgraded my processor a couple of months ago.
However, I don't think that could be causing the problem because everything
else on my computer (even in media center) is working fine.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> what happens when you do a system restore to a point before the
> error started? do things work again? if yes, some update or newly
> installed program is the culprit.
>
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:55:01 -0700, Chris
> wrote:
>
> >No, Windows Media Player works fine. It only happens in Media Center. I'm
> >using Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 service pack 2 (that's
> >what it says in System Properties but I think the upgrade CD actually said
> >version 2005) and Windows Media Player 10. It's worked fine for over a year
> >now and then just started giving me this error.
> >
> >"Barb Bowman" wrote:
> >
> >> do you get the same error with Windows Media Player?
> >>
> >> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:21:00 -0700, Chris
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi I'm unable to listen to music in media center. Whenever I select My Music
> >> >from the start page it gives me an error saying specified cast is not valid.
> >> >Does anyone know what causes this or how to fix it? Any help would be
> >> >appreciated.
> >> >Thanks
> >> --
> >>
> >> Barb Bowman
> >> MS-MVP
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> >>
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>
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